L082825 Clinical Ethics Case Review: What is the Goal? Life sustaining interventions in children with life limiting conditions

August 28, 2025

The term "life limited" is ambiguous. For some diagnoses this can mean months, others it can mean years. And diagnoses we once thought to be lethal have shifted to being now considered life limiting. There is an important ethical question then in when are life sustaining interventions appropriate for patients with life limiting conditions. This ethics case review we will explore two cases where these questions arose. We will present the cases, the ethical questions, and what considerations were relevant for the clinical ethics analysis that informed the recommendations.

Clinical Ethics Case Review will explore real cases to help clinicians understand how to identify, approach, and manage ethical issues. Every other month we will present a real case and review the ethical issues, provide ethical analysis, and discuss ways to approach these in practice. This educational opportunity will be beneficial for all clinical staff and especially for early career clinicians.

 These activities will be held bi-monthly, virtual, 4th Thursday from 11:00 am – 12:00 pm.

Target Audience

Children's Minnesota healthcare providers and staff caring for pediatric patients and their families. 

Learning Objectives

  • Explore the ethical issues relevant to life sustaining interventions in children with a life limiting diagnosis
  • Discuss how to ethically analyze decisions around life sustaining interventions in children with life limiting diagnoses
  • Describe how to navigate shared decision making around the sustaining interventions for children with life limiting diagnoses
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 ACPE
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy technician
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 ANCC
  • 1.00 Attendance
    • 1.00 Approved AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Course opens: 
07/21/2025
Course expires: 
09/28/2025
Event starts: 
08/28/2025 - 11:00am CDT
Event ends: 
08/28/2025 - 12:00pm CDT
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Moderators: Ian Wolfe, PhD, RN, HEC-C & Shika Kalevor, MBE, BSN, RN

DISCLOSURE STATEMENT:

It is our intent that any potential conflict should be identified openly so that the listeners may form their own judgments about the presentation with the full disclosure of the facts. It is not assumed any potential conflicts will have an adverse impact on these presentations. It remains for the audience to determine whether the speaker’s outside interest may reflect a possible bias, either the exposition or the conclusions presented.                                                                                                               

Planning committee members and presenter(s) have disclosed they have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing selling re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients and have disclosed that no conflict of interest exists with the presentation/educational event.

 

 

Accreditation Statement:

In support of improving patient care, Children’s Minnesota is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Children’s Minnesota takes responsibility for the content, quality and scientific interest of its accredited continuing education events.

Credit Statement:

AMA

Children’s Minnesota designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent to their participation in the activity.

ANCC

Children's Minnesota designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 ANCC nursing contact hour. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

Pharmacists and Pharmacy Techs will have their attendance reported in the CPE Monitor for ACPE credits provided they have entered their NABP-ePID and birth month and day where indicated when setting up their profile.

This program offers 1.0 contact hours of continuing education.  Most medical professional organizations accept AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.  It is the individual’s responsibility to determine whether an education activity meets the continuing education requirements of their respective licensures and/or professional boards.  Go to your respective organization’s website for more detailed information regarding credit requirements.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 ACPE
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy technician
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 ANCC
  • 1.00 Attendance
    • 1.00 Approved AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
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